Caribbean Librarian for Agriculture

The Directory was compiled and edited by Shamin Renwick (Librarian, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, Main Library, UWI and Past President of the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) , Claudette de Freitas (Information Networks Manager, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and Liz  M. Pagán ( Director of Agricultural Experiment Station Library , University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) Puerto Rico) The idea of publishing this arose among its editors and then Director of the US National Agriculture Library , Dr. Peter Young, at a meeting of the Agricultural Libraries Section in the Annual ACURIL Conference held in Puerto Rico in June 2007. There was no available comprehensive listing bringing together Caribbean agricultural information sources and it was felt that this type of publication would be extremely useful for all stakeholders in agriculture: policy makers, researchers, extension...

The objective of this Caribbean Librarians for Agriculture (CLA) Blog is to highlight online information resources which support sustainable Agriculture (including Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Development and the Environment) in the Caribbean. Resources to manage online information will also be discussed. This blog is an initiative of the Agricultural Librarians Network of Trinidad and Tobago (ALINTT). It is hoped that policy makers, researchers, students, extension personnel, farmers and persons interested in agriculture will find the resources posted on the site useful. Members at this time are: Mrs. Shamin Renwick, Librarian, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, Main Library , The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus , Trinidad and Tobago. Mrs. Claudette de Freitas, Information Networks Manager, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) . Ms. Kathryn Duncan, Information and Communication Specialist, Inter-American Institute for Co...